ANNOUNCE: ASPN Tcl productivity toolset from ActiveState
Jeff Hobbs
essential package for Tcl programmers. ASPN Tcl delivers everything
a Tcl programmer needs in a single, high-value bundle.
ASPN Tcl includes TclPro, ActiveState's quality-assured release
of the must-have toolkit for Tcl development; Komodo, the
high-productivity, cross-platform IDE; and in-depth programming
resources.
*** Features ***
TclPro – Quality-assured TclPro toolkit for rapid development
and delivery of Tcl applications, including:
* TclPro Debugger - Breakpoints, single-stepping, variable/stack
display, and other features help you track down bugs quickly
* TclPro Checker - Find syntax errors and other common usage errors
quickly, without having to run your program
* TclPro Wrapper - Create a single executable file containing everything
needed to run a Tcl application
* TclPro Compiler - Compile a Tcl script into a bytecode representation
for distribution, so your source code doesn't leave your site
Komodo - Integrated development environment (IDE) for projects in Tcl,
Perl, PHP, Python, XML, and XSLT, available for Linux and Windows.
The ASPN Tcl version of Komodo provides edit time syntax checking and
debugging from directly inside the Komodo environment
ASPN resources - Comprehensive programming information, including the
Tcl Cookbook, product documentation, and reference materials; plus
interactive features that keep you up-to-date.
For more information or to purchase ASPN Tcl, please see:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ASPN_Tcl/
Enjoy!
ActiveState
Programming for the People
Mo
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> ActiveState is pleased to announce the release of ASPN Tcl
Jeff, is there any chance Active State can make these releases
available to folks that want to try them out without the silly
license managers and the need to hand over all your personal
information?
I remember trying out komodo long ago. I had to turn over
my email address. At the time I seem to remember reading
something along the lines of "we won't spam you". Well,
I could not get it to work because of the stupid license
manager. The "tech support" guy was no help, the only
thing he sent me was more spam about how I should buy
the product and then it might work. It is so silly to
put your hard work into something and then have some
idiot manager decide a license manager is needed to
"protect our IP". It just keeps people from trying out
your product. If they try it, they might buy it.
As it is, I would rather just download the TclPro tools
from sourceforge.
Mo
lvi...@yahoo.com
If anyone besides me was curious, I've been told that the CDs that are
associated with this will include ActiveTcl - so you don't have to do
the additional download.
--
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Even if explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting
should be construed as representing my employer's opinions.
Jeff Hobbs
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> Jeff Hobbs wrote:
> >
> > ActiveState is pleased to announce the release of ASPN Tcl
>
> Jeff, is there any chance Active State can make these releases
> available to folks that want to try them out without the silly
> license managers and the need to hand over all your personal
> information?
I suppose I could email you a trial license directly. It's
understandable that you may not want to hand over critical
email addresses, and I'm sorry about the experience you had
with the previous version.
> the product and then it might work. It is so silly to
> put your hard work into something and then have some
> idiot manager decide a license manager is needed to
> "protect our IP". It just keeps people from trying out
> your product. If they try it, they might buy it.
Truly, I'd like to avoid all the license stuff as well, but since
someone is paying my way, I have to agree with the licensing
decision. As it is, the email address for license requests does
become a useful key. The idea is that we hope you will become a
paying customer, and then the address is needed for all contact
and support info. Also, there are people who just continuously
download trial licenses, abusing the system. Our record here is
over 180 for one address, at last count (on a different product,
obviously, since ASPN Tcl is so new).
> As it is, I would rather just download the TclPro tools
> from sourceforge.
Ah, but then you get an quality-uncertain version that is based
on older builds of Tcl with less extensions ... Really, for
$495 (or $445 right now), TclPro and Komodo provide a lot of
useful functionality. The extra, intangible benefit is also the
time we get to spend hacking directly on the core as well as the
tools for future improvements.
--
Jeff Hobbs The Tcl Guy
Senior Developer http://www.ActiveState.com/
Tcl Support and Productivity Solutions
http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ASPN_Tcl/